Comments on: Argentine judge: Google, Yahoo must censor searches

About 70 public figures in Argentina are in a court battle with Google and Yahoo over whether search engines can be forced to delete allegedly defamatory material about them.

[mjb5406]

Simple... if the Argentine courts side with the models and other public figures, take Yahoo and Google away from Argentinian users. Those same people (the ones in the lawsuit) will get less exposure and publicity. Yahoo and Google should just walk away, until the Argentinian government begs them to return.

[karpenterskids]

Why in the world would Google/Yahoo ever want to do that?
They'd lose TONS of ad-revenue.

[karpenterskids]

Wow...how sad.
I hope America never stoops to the point where certain search queries or articles are made "illegal".

Especially on something as trivial as a celebtrity, for crying out loud. :p

[Lerianis]

They already have in some areas.

[karpenterskids]

An example would be nice...I'm definitely not aware of anything, aside from information on how to aquire nuclear weapons, perhaps.

[Electro_Fox]

Bump this one!

[galacticgufus]

hey karpenterskids

>>An example would be nice...

In the U.S., copyright holders have forced Google to remove search results.

lol. read the article

[tortoiseandhare]

The Argentine congress should follow some of the legislation passed in Colombia where the entity posting the information on the Internet is responsible for its content. It is ridiculous to think that a person in Argentina, googles or *yahoos* Maradona's name and find only a handful of news on the soccer icon. For Pete's sake! He?s famous by being outrageous, egotistical and a diva and now he is looking to control what people can or can?t read about him in his own country by making it illegal. I think he was known for making illegal things pass as legal, remember his ?Hand of God? in Mexico'86?

[Electro_Fox]

Wow... Firstly, I believe the "class action-like" lawyer is at the root of this evil. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't see the lawyer's name. I think we should find out who he is, and inundate him with a cavalcade of inquiries as to just what the hell he thinks he's doing... Heh...

[talonius]

Google, Yahoo, and any other Internet Search Provider (or Service Provider, for that matter) should simply close up shop in the countries where this - or issues like this - are an issue. I see a claim that they would lose revenue; perhaps they would. However, consider this: once the Internet has become unusable in a country because of ridiculous demands from prima donnas, how much power do you think the search companies would have upon their re-entry into the market.

Think long term, not short term. And pull out, Google. I'd love to see the impact.